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ASSOCIATED x PRESS DISPATCHES 1 VOLUME XXVI Cabarrus Republicans Name County Ticket; Hear State Chairman James T. Cline Named as Candidate For Sheriff and G. Ed Gestler, For ‘ Clerk of Court. JACKSONTALKS ABOUT THE STATE Outlines Plan of Organiza- 1 tion and Expresses Hope For 240,000 Republican Votes in the Fall. Republicans of Cabarrus county went int(V convention at the court bouse Saturday enthused by addresses delivered by out-of-town leaders of their party, and in a rnther mntter <f-fnct manner named candidates to carry the party's standard in Cabar • rus in the fall election. The visitors were Brownlow Jack son. state chnirman, and O. F. Poole, of Taylorsville, candidate for the seat in Congress now held by It. 1,. Dough ton. Mr. Poole spoke for more than an hour on what be termed the ac complishments of his party, while Chairman Jackson spoke but briefly on some of the plans of the state or ganization. outlining ns he went along the plan under which he hopes to ov erthrow the Democratic party in the State. Mr. Poole began his address at 1:10 with less than fifty persons in the court room. In n few minutes the crowd had been increased and by 2 o’clock, the hour for the convention, the room was almost filled. The crowd was nothing like that preaent, however, several years ago when for mer Sheriff Carl Spears was nomi nated and the convention baiiotted several hours before naming a can didate. *■ The only tliipg approaching a real contest . came when the convention voted for the candidate for the State House. W. S. Bogie, Mason flood man and G. S. Kluttz were plnced in nomination, despite the fact that Mr. Bogle and Mr. Goodman said they could not serve. On the first ballot there was no nomination but Good ir.hn swept the tieUh on the next roll call. The ticket named at the conveu4h» follows: - For thfuStste Senate—N. James, . —*f lit. Pleasant. For the State House—Mason Good man. For Sheriff—James T. Cline. For Clerk of Court—G. Ed. Kest- ler. For Register of Deeds—R. M. House). For Treasurer —Mrs. IV. L. Yost, of Kannapolis. For Coroner —Ernest Porter. For Cotton Weigher—lV. B. Dor ton. For Surveyor—M. G. Lentz. For Chairman of County Commis sioners—J. F. Harris. For County Commissioners—W._ A. Castor, of No. 5; Harris Emerson, of No. 3; John P. Cox.' of No. It; and IV. M. Gourley, of No. 10. Several of the candidates were named without opposition, including Mr. Cline, Mrs. Yost and Mr. Lentz. The mime of C. It. Andrews was voted on both for clerk of court nnd register of deeds, but lie was defeated on the , first ballot each time. F. C. Niblock was placed in nomi nation against Mr. Harris for chair man of the bonrd but one roll call decided it, and the same was true of the rnce between Mr. Porter and Dr. J. A. Bangle for coroner. Delegates apparently had pretty well decided on the candidates when they went to the convention. This was' demonstrated especially when voting for the commissioners was started. Only one ballot was needed to name the board from the nine names placed before the convention. In addition to those nominated the fol lowing were offered: Tom Blume, C. D. Blachwelder. Paul. A. Moose, Wade H. Furr end M. N. Petrea. Chairman J. F. Harris, who called the convention to order, asked Buford Blackwelder to act as temporary chairman and named W. 8. Bogle and C. R. Andrews as secretaries. The organization later was made perma nent. This was the first Republican convention held in the county in many years that H. 8. Williams had not presided. He resigned some months ago as chairman of the county execu tive committee and was only an av erage laymeu at the convention. How ever, liis advice was sought several limes when the convention was un certain as to procedure. • Mr. Poole proved an energetic and enthusiastic “speaker and spoke with out hesitation for more than an hour. He devoted the greater part of his address to a statistical review of the Harding and Coolidge administrations, lauding especially the Fordney-Mc* Cumber protective tariff which he credits with the “prosperity of the country.” This tariff, he told his hearers, has made possible high wages for labor ers and fine markets for the farmers. He said if the tariff was not in ef fect and had not made the manufac turing plants of Norths Carolina so prosperous the State would not have advanced. He nM the egotism of Wopdrow Wilson was responsible for American entrance into the World War and added that the -late Presi dent was so anxious to set up. an in ternational government “on the white ' capped Alps in Switzerland” that he (Please Turn to Page Three) The Concord Daily Tribune - North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily [ CONTINUE WATCH | * FOB PRISONERS Possemen Seeking to Locate 15 of On j victa Who Escaped From Michigan I Penitentiary. 1 } lonia. Mich., Ang. 30.—(/P)-_With J lit convictß who escaped Saturday I from the Michigan state reformatory | here still at large, possemen today in -1 tensified their search in the belief that most of them ore biding in wooded : sections between a radius of 100 miles of the reformatory. I Officials are of the opinion' that j the general alarm sent out shortly af | ter the escape stopped many of them in their flights from the district. The dispatch with which posses were form ed. and the thoroughness of the road patrolled led them to believe many of the missing men are bottled up in the area. After fleeing hundreds of miles in stolen automobiles and finding their outlet cut off In every direction, five convicts yesterday were intercepted by a posse on a road between Albion and Marshall. Mich. One, Russell Andrews, Detroit gunman, was rap tured when he attempted to flee with his companions. The others were sur rounded in the swamp and two of them captured last night after a pistol battle when they ventured out of their trap. John Oberghaus of St. Louis, one of the latter, was shot and *»ri ouslv wounded. The other. Johu I’a nuin, of Detroit, then surrendered without further resistance. A fourth convict was captured afoot near Kalamazoo yesterday. He : s Herbert Yeager, of Detroit! S i were captured Saturday. POWER OF SPAIN’S . RULER QUESTIONED Serious Situation Prevails Due to a Challenge Made by Officers of Gen. Prhno de Rivera’s Power. London, Aug. 30.—(A 5 )—A serious situation prevails in Spain. It is rumored that a group of army officers has challenged the authority of Gen. Miguel Piimo de Divera, the dictator premier, who has ruled with u strong arm since September, 1023. when a coup d'etat he overthrew the govern ment of the Marquis of Alchucemus. No details of the situatien have readied London although it is indi cated in dispatches coming from the Franco-Spanish. frontier that the >spanish railroads have been but un der civil guards, and that three Span ish warships have sailed for Tangier, the international zone in northwest Morocco, which Spain has recently demanded should be given up entirely to Spanish rule. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Advance of 1 to 7 Points. December Selling at 17.76. j New York. Aug. 30.—(AO—The cot-1 ton market opened steady today at ad- j vanees of 1 to 7 points, December selling up to 17.76 in response to rela tively firm Liverpool cables and the bullish average of private crop ad vices. particularly from the South. Buying was cheeked by a better weather outlook, however, nnd for the approaching Labor Day adjournment and the government crop report sched uled for publication this week. Private cables reiiorted good trade calling with local and American buy ing in the Liverpool market. Cotton futures opened steady. Oct. 17.75; Dec. 17.76; Jan. 17.78; March 17.92; May 18.09. With Our Advertisers.' See the program for all this week at the Star Theatre in ad. on first page. A $25 Ruud gas heater reduced to $21.99. only 99 cents down and $2.00 a month. See ad. in th's paper. Boys’ school suits with one pnir knickers nnd one pair golf knickers, $5.90 to $13.75 at J. C. Penney Company’s. Read new ad. The best perfumes always at the Gibson Drug Store. Victor records four for a dollar, at Bell A Harris’. Deliver cigarmakers’ Union is de manding a restoration of the wage in effect before a reduction was made five years ago. Star Theatre AUGUST SOth to SEPT. 4th TODAY AND TOMORROW “THE ROAD TO GLORY” With May MoAvoy, Leslie Fenton, Ford Sterling. Also a Comedy “ELSIE IN NEW YORK” WEDNESDAY- THURSDAY “ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS” With Gilda Gray, Percy Marmont, Julanne Johnston, Warner Baxter, William Powell It’s a Paramount FRIDAY ONE DAY ONLY “COUNSEL FOR THE DE FENCE” With Betty Compson and House Peters The Big Picture ot the Year. Don’t Miss Tfcis One Also a Comedy “PARISIAN KNIGHT” SATURDAY « “ROSE OF THE DESERT” With Wolfheart, the Wonder Dog. and Big Boy Williams MITERS TO RECEtt ATTENTION BI NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY Five Monthsain Advance Matters Are Taking Def ; inite Shape lor Presen j tation to That Body. EIGHT MONTHS / ! SCHOOL TERM ONE| Reform in Education Sys-: tem, in County Govern-j ment, in Convict System ! Among Many Others Raleigh, N. C„ Aug v SO.—l4>) Though the General Assembly will not meet until January, 1927. a number of matters are taking definite shape throughout the State in preparation for their presentation to that body. Five mouths in advance of the session it appears that subjects which will re ceive attention of the the legislators will include the eight month.* school term and reforms in the educational system, reforms in county government, reforms in the convict system of the counties, evolution, survey of wom en in industry, anil perhaps the sal ary and wage commission and tax re duction. Then too. Governor McLean is expected to have a definite pro gram to present to the legislature which no doubt wll include, among other measures, those seeking great er conservation of water and forest resources. Other measures which have been hinted at from time to time in the Capitol corridors but for 'which there is no definite move afoot concern the Australian ballot and elec tion reforms and the short ballot. That educational matters will come before the General Assembly may be stated as a definite fact. At the last session there was expressed a great deal of dissnt’sfacttion with the oper ation of the equalizing fund and this led to the appointment of a special commission to study the school sys tem and make recommendations for its reform. This commission has made an exhaustive study and expects to have its report in shnpe for presen tation to the Governor several weeks before the opening of the session. An other phase of educat'oii which no, doubt will receive consideration -is the eight months school tors. State Sum erintendent of'Public Instruction 4. T. Allen is definitely committed to the eight months school term as a minimum and his department, through State School Facts ami speeches has made a definite campaign for this minimum. The North Carolinn County Com missioners Association nnd the North Carolina Bar Association have joined hands to urge a program of county re -1 forms in the legislature. This pro -1 gram will have ns its base the report j made by a committee headed by Dr. E. O. Brooks to the county commis sioners convention which recommend ed certain reforms. Chief among these reforms would be the overhaul ing of the fiscal systems of counties, centralization of power and responsi bility in making disbursements and collections and definite budget systpms. A hot'fight is predicted when this pro gram is presented for the county com nrssioners have gone on record as fav oring the collection of taxes by the commissioners rather than the sher iffs. The sheriffs association lias gone on record as opposed to any such change and both factions are laying their lines for a battle if fthe question is presented in the legisla ture. The impetus given the matter by the Cranford case at Albemarle is ex pected to definitely place the matter of county convict systems before the legislature. At the present time the State has only a supervisory power over such systems, which at its best amounts only to a rather loose regu lation. A definite step, is looked for ward to by social service workers in the presentation of a measure to abol ish the county convict camps and lodge all such matters directly with the Btate. The much d acuaaed survey of wom en in industry is expected to be pre sented to the legislature. When Gov ernor McLean tailed off his proposed survey some time ago lie suggested that the matter be taken before the legislature by its proponents. The women are expected to make that a part of tlieir program and it is re gartled as certain the General As sembly will have this matter to ban-' die. There is little doubt tliat the Gov ernor will have a definite program to present to the General Assembly. At the last session. his measures were the most important handled.and rev olutionized the state’s affairs, partic ularly in the fiscal departments. Mr. McLean has given no inkling other than through speeches as to what he will propose but it is known that he plans to devote considerable time this fall to working out his recommenda tions and it is expected that some of these recommendations will be follow ed later by measures having his offi cial approval. The Governor is in terested greatly in the matter of con servation both of nntural resources of the State nnd its waterpower and forest- reserves. He believes that utilisation of North -Carolina's raw material and inherent resources will mean a great step (or the State’s in dustrial progress. He also 1-oks up on the conservation of its forests as a prime necessity and this naturally links w'th his belief on water, a* the chief protector water supply Is the CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1926 TRAINMEN KILLER. PASSENGERS HURT KS TRAINS CHI i Head-on Collision Results j in Two Deaths as Freight “j Train Runs Into Halted j Suburban Train. j J SWITCH SERVICE,, | DID NOT MjjbßK j Officials of Railroad fHffik Failure of the Automatic Switch Was Sole Cause ; of the Accident. Chicago. Ang. 30.—OP)—A« engi neer and his fireman were killed and several passengers and train employ ee* injured, two probably fatnUjffiearl.v today when the locomotive of ffiS’eim syTvania railroad freight train crashed into the engine of a Rock Inland pas senger train knot-king it over near the Beverly Hills station of. the Rock Island. Joseph Risberg. fireman on the Rock Island train, was crushed to death in die eab of his locomotive, and Engineer Stewart Kaufman died in a hospital. A. R. Matthews, 40, Logansport, Ind , engineer of the freight train al so wsr probably fatally injured, while the Pennsylvania fireman and engi neer were less seriously hurt. Five passengers on the Hock Island in bound suburban from Bine Island were bruised or cut by flying glass, and others were severely shaken. The suburban train had stopped to take on passengers when it was struck by the outbound freight. Railroad officials said signals were against Cue freight, but that an interlocking de vice at the crossing which should au tomatically derailed. the freight ap parently had failed ‘to function. Alleged Baron Attempts Suicide. j Albuquerque, N. M., Aug. 30.—(A 5 ) —The youth held in jail here, who -claims to be Baron Frederick Von Krupp, Jr., attempted suicide in his cell early today by eating the tip* from a quantity of matches. He be came violently ill. but physicians stat ed that the would recover. Tile right nngle for approaching i difficult problem is the “try” angle. r tree. He feels that methods should be worked out to conserve the water for use by municipal plants ami also for waterpower. He looks forward to 1 the time when the development of waterpower will solve the problem of labor shortages on the farms by car rying conveniences to the farms. He believes the State should be ready and know the extent of the power devel opment and water reserves of each of its streams. He no doubt will sug gest legislation along this line, ami in fact has so indicated in his speeches. The governor also is strong for fis cal reforms and it is believed any plan for revising the fiscal systems of the counties for the benefit of the tax payers will have his support The subject or evolution will be in troduced in the legislature by I). Scott l’oole. who originated the bill to bur teaching of the subject which wks defeated in the 1925 General Assembly, Mr. Poole has announced that he will re-introduce his measure this term. Just how far the matter will proceed is uncertain. Hast spring, evolution was causing quite a stir in North Carolina nnd the Com mittee of One Hundred led by Judge 'Walter H. Neal and two outside or ganizations opposed to evolution kept the matter in the fore. This bus all died down, however, and in recent months the subject has been scarcely mentioned. Mr. Poole has announced no plans for any campaign on the is sue but has definitely said he expects to bring it up in 1927. Whether the Salary and Wage Commission will be the object of ut taek in the General Assembly is a matter not yet determined. When the Commission first got well into its work,, there was some criticism and at least one leading legislator voiced the opinion it was exceeding its authority. In recent months the Commission lias been proceeding with its work with out the criticism which attended its earlier efforts and no definite move against it. Bo fur as is known, is un derway. Tax reduction has had tleetiug mention in the Capitol lobbies follow ing announcement of the surplus in ♦he general fund of more than a mil lion dollars at the end Os the first fis cal, year of the McLean administra tion. The 1925 General Assembly 'reiitly increased the tax burden and when the surplus was announced there was some mention of giving the peo ple the benefit of the saving. No defi nite move in this direction has gotten underwar and it is one of the mutters ; which probably will not come to the ; front until the General Assembly is ready to meet. During the past two years the Aus tralian ballot system has been mein • tioued from t : to time and this may • be an issue In the 1927 legislature. 1 At the Satne time there has been a I definite move afoot to reform the clce -1 tion system of the State and from ' lime to time there has been noticed a I voice raised in favor of reform or - abandonment and resumption of the •onvention system. Mention also lias i been made of the abort ballot which ' would give the Governor the right of ‘ appointing his state officers, or cabi i net. THRONGS GATHERED IN STREET DURING VALENTINO FUNERAL ! Entire Block Near Church Was Closed to Traffic ! During Funeral of thej Screen Star. I STORES CLOSED TO j ALL BUSINESS; Police Placed on Duty to ! Prevent Such Disorders as Occurred During Last Week. New York. Aug. 30.—OP)—The en-1 tire block in which St. Malachi’s j Catholic Church is located was closed! to traffic this morning for the fun- j eral of Rudolph Valentino and ordered ! roped off to keep back the throngs of ] curious persons. Store owners in die block agreed! to close before and during the ser-1 vices beginning at 11 o’clock and a I large detail of police was ordered to j duty to prevent repetition of disorders that took p’aee last week when thou sands fought to view the screen sheik’s body ns it lay in the undertakers' es tablish ment. The Rev. Edward F. Leon, pastor of the church, was named to cele brate tile requiem mass, assisted by' Father Congedo, a boyhood friend of I file actor. The Rev. Wm. Donohue, j chaplain of the Catholic Actors Guild, I was designated sub-deacon. Guido Cicolini, of the Chicago Op-1 era Company, and Dimitri Onotri. of j the San Carlo Opera Company, were! selected a* soloists. Two women who played important roles in the life of- the filindom's great I lover were among the six chief mourn-; or*. They were Jean Aker, Valen tino's first wife, and Pola Negri, who announced some time ngo she expect ed to become his third wife. Broadway Pays Farewell Tribute. New York, Aug. 30.—(AT- —Broad- way. where Rudolph Valentino once worked as « dish washer, today paid a farewell tribute to the man who died at the height of his career as shirk of the movies. The famous thoroughfare was lined with many thousands as the funeral cortege moved from the funqral church «t Broadway and (kith stree'f. to SJt. Mnlachi's church in West' 49th street, two miles away. Numbers of the police formed squads, aud 263 regular policemen in cluding a mounted squad, patrolled the funeral route nnd stood guard outside the funeral parlors and the church. Pola Negri, the polish actress who announced before Valentino’s death she was engaged to marry him, and Jean Aker, the dead actor's first wife, who had said she was reconciled to him just before his death, followed the body into the church. Miss Negri, dressed in severest mourning, and sobbing audibly, was immediately behind the silver-bronze casket. Then came Miss Aker, anil bringing up the rear of the little cor tege of women were the representative of Miss Winifred Hudnut, his second wife, and Mary Pickford. As the casket decked with flowers from the automobile load that follow ed the procession, was carried up the nave on the shoulders of eight pall benrer*. a solemn hush fell upon the audience. Rev. Edward Leonard, officiating at the mass, marched slowly forward surrounded by his assistants and altar boys, lace covering their black sur plices. The voice of an unseen sex tet rose from the apse as Father Leonard sprinkled the casket with holy water. A nurse nnd a doctor in white smocks stood by the entrance as Miss Negri and the group of seven women in black entered the church. The sobs of Miss Negri could be heard above the voices of the sextet. The body was borne to the central altar above which a fresco of the na tivity was revealed by the mystic il luminntion of censers. The coffin was plated on the altar steps and the sol emn high requiem mass wast begun. Manley in Sanatorium. Atlanta, Ota.. Aug. SO.—(A*)—W. D. Manley, principal figure in Hip court inventigationa of the Hankers Trust Company and allied organiza tions, is confined in a local sanator ium and w : U be unable to attend the hearing today in Federal court on the personal bankruptcy peition filed against him, at which his wife. Mrs Walerin Manley, is to be the outstand ing witness, Mr. Manley's physician announced early today. Mrs. Manley was to occupy the ma jor portion of the day in the bearing before Commissioner Joe Abbott, ac cording to a schedule arranged by R. H. Jones. Jr., attorney for a number of Manley's creditors. Retting Tennessee's List Ready. (By International News Service.) Chattanooga. Teun., Aug. 30.—The Stone Mountain Memorial associa tion has launched u|>on the task of selecting 100 names of Tennessee Confederate veterans which will be enrved ca the State's Tablet in the Chamber of the "Hall of Memoriea” at Stone Mountain. , The United Daughters of the Con federacy ie assisting in the selection 1 of the names. Encircling the walks of the his toric ahrine at Stone Mountain will be called the “Ha'l of Memoriea” and there will be 13 tablets each dedicated to a Confederate state. ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN STATE IN DANGER OF BEING HELD UP j As a Result of the Two j Suits Asking Injunctions } Against Continuing the' I Work on Present Routes } j BASED ON THE NEWTON CASE There Is Another Obstacle Placed in the Way of the Commission in Its Road Construction Program. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Ita'eigli, Aug. 30.—Additional fiigh-) j way construction in the State is in j danger of being held up indefinitely as the result of two suits asking that the highway commission be enjoined j from continuing construction along present routes, basing their conten ! tions on the recent Newton highway decision of Justice Brogden, of the State Supreme Court, in that the present routes do not coincide with the routes laid out on the legislative map which was made a part of the highway act of 1921. and which, ac cording to Judge Brogdcn's decision, cannot bo departed from by the liigh | way commission in locating road*, j Thus another obstacle is iflaced in the j path of the highway commission in j its road construction program. ] One of these suits is in Wake coun ! ty, in which citizens of Varina are | seeking to enjoin the construction of j the “Yellow” route, which does not j run directly through Varina, and to I force the construction of the “Red” i route, which would bring flic paved j highway through the center of Va rina. And among other contentions is the one that according to the map of 1921, this route must pass through Varina. The second suit is being brought in Luinberton, in which Judge G. E. Midgette is asked to grant an injunc tion restraining the highway commis sion from constructing that section of road between Red Springs and Pem broke, instead of following the old route on into Lambert on. on the grounds that it does not follow the route as laid down in the legislative map of 1921. One of .fa# principal arguments cited in the petition ask ing the injunction is that according to the Newton highway deeision, the highway commission must follow the route as indicated on the legislative map. Counsel for the petitioners, who consist mostly of property owners along the route that was abandoned by the 'highway department, is headed by Judge L. R. Varser, formerly a member of the State Supreme Court. The highway commission explains that in the Robeson county case, ft lias decided to drop down from Red Springs nnd connect with route 20 at Pembroke, rnther than to continue on along the old route toward Lumber ton, because approximately seven miles of new construction couid thus be eliminated, at a saving of about $250,- 000, the only difference being that (tie new road would connect with 1 route 20, which is already hard sur faced, at Pembroke, instead of farther in toward Lumberton, where the old road enters route 20 and proceeds on into Lumberton. But property owners along the old route are hopeful of obtaining the in junction that will stop construction of the new route nnd force the build ing of the old, at the added expense of $250,000, because of that part of the Newton highway case opinion in which it is pointed out that because the Newton-Statesville route failed to follow the route as indicated on the ' legislative map of 1921, it was in violation of the will of the legisla ture. And the same factor enters into the petition for an injunction on the part of the Varina residents in the Wake county case. In Wake county, however, construc tion work has already started on the “Yellow” route, opposed by the Varina citizens, which will mean increased expense and delay if the injunction is granted by Judge Thomas H. Cal vert. It was thought that the mat ter had been settled once and for all, as numerous hearings were held by the highway commission before actual construction work started, at which the Varina people were heard in full. But at the recommendation of John Sprunt Hill, district commissioner, the “Yellow” route was finally adopt ed, despite the objections of the Va rum people, and construction work started. Thus the prediction of The Tribune correspondent, at the time decision of the Supreme Court in the Newton case was announced, that the deci sion set up a dangerous precedent that would cause the highway com mission endless delay and cost the State millions of dollars, is already being borne out. Whether or not Justice Brogden will grant n rehear ing of the Newton case by the Su preme Court, and thus remove the basis for these other suits seeking to enjoin flic highway commission, re mains to be seen. 100 Reported Killed. Leningrad, Russia, Aug. 30—(A*) — One hundred persons perished when the Russian steamer Burevestnik col lided with German steamer Gralne in the Morskoi Canal near here last night. A majority of the victims were Russian*. Mrs. Jarratt In Auto A Newton /v I j GERMAN SETS MARK IN CHANNEL SWIM ! Otto VierUoeten Crossed the Treach | crops Charnel Today in Less Than Fourteen Hours. j Dover. Eng.. Aug. 30.— (A>) —Otto j Yierkoeten. of Germany, today swam the English Channel. He landed at 2:15 o'clock this af ternoon at Langdon Stairs, halfway between Dover and St. Margaret's Bay from Cape Gris Xez. Franee. ' where he entered the water at 1 :35 a. m. The elapsed time of tiie swim, ae cording to the figures, is 12 hours and 40 minutes, or nearly two hours bet ter than the record of 13 hours and 31 minutes, established by Gertrude Ederle on August fith. | Vierkoeten's landing was witnessed by only a few soldiers who ran down from the Langdon battery above the beach. The soldiers carried the swim mer to his small boat which con veyed him to the accompanying tug. Issues Challenge. New York. Aug. 30.— (A> ) —Cabling her congratulations to Otto Yierkoe ten, latest conqueror of the English Channel. Gertrude Ederle today chal lenged the German record holder to a race across the channel next summer. Her cablegram follows: “Congratulations on your great, swim. I hope I can race you across the channel next summer to bring the record back to my sex and my coun try. Good luck.” POLA WEEPS AT THE BIER OF HER LOVER “Why Didn’t You Bring Him Back to Mo?” She Asks. New York. Aug. 2!).—Pola Negri stood today by the bier of Rudolph Valentino. For an hour she stayed by the casket, opened by special per mission of the health dei>artment so that she might look upon the faee of the “movie sheik.” to whim she was reported to have been engaged. Then weeping and nearly prostrat ed, the Polish film star left the gold room of the Broadway funeral chapel where the actor's body had been ly ing for the past week- Her 3.000 mile journey from I .os Angeles ended, she returned to her hotel where she had rested for a few hour*' after her ar rival this morning. { With the report tha(t Miss Negri had entered the undertaking estab lishment, a morbidly euriotis crowd quickly gathered. When the actress was led weeping from the building, the crowd overran the police line and one patrolman had to leap on the running board of her limousine to push off several clinging to its side to get a glimpse of the grief-stricken woman. “She is ■ prostrated and cannot see anyone,” said S. George Ullman who was Valentino’s manager and who met Miss Negri at the train. “I have exchanged very few words with her myself. When I. met her at the train she wept, demanding: “Why didn't you bring him back to me?” When Valentino and I left Holly wood the last thing she said to me was “be sure to bring Rudy back to me.” A large blanket of red roses sent by Mifu Negri was placed today over the casket containing Valentino's body. Small crowds were congregated outside the funeral chapel, through out the day, but only six policemen were stationed in the vicinity which had been the scene of huge disorder ly crowds while the doors were open to the public last week. The room where the actor's body lies is filled by 400 floral wreaths, which it is estimated cost $25,000. Humor in Gathering Vital Statistics. Ruleigh, Aug. 30. —Vital statixrics and their tabulation ordinarily would be considered something of a “dead" job. but frequently those who receive and file death certificates get a good laugh out of the letters that accom pany t'acm, or from replies to letters asking for more information for the board of health files. Recently it was necessary to se | cure more information to complete the ! record on the death certificate, say, of . one Mrs. Sara Jane Plumpkins. So . a letter was sent to the informant signing the death certificate, asking • thot the “maiden name of the mother lof tlie deceased” be supplied. In a , few days the following reply was re ceived : “Surah Jane Plumpkins, s'.ic didn’t have no house maid, save Miss Jinny Smith.” Little Changes in Textile Industry'- j Washington, Aug. 30.— UP)— Little change occurred in the American cot ton spinning industry during the first half of 1926, the commerce depart ment reports today showing plants to have operated at 96.5 per cent, of their single shift capacity, as com - pared with 968 per cent, in the cor responding period of 1925. ; ' In New England the aggregate! number of active spindle hours was j . 4.14 per cent, less than those of tlie j - first half of last year, while in the i cotton growing states the total was I . 2.44 per cent. Mger. White Man Lynched in Georgia. Way-cross, Ga., Aug. 30.—(A*)—Dave Wright, white, of Douglas, Ga., was taken from the Coffee county jail to -1 day and lynched. He was accused of killing Mrs. Sophie Rollins Sat* - urday night. Sheriff Tanner said 1 he was overpowered by twenty-five white men and the keys taken from him. ———— ‘ 1 w ' THE TRIBUNE Hi W PRINTS * ’Hi TODAY’S NEWS |§ NQ.2OH B [ Killed 1 cc- 1 H In U <onToda|| Her Sister, Mrs. Laura lok « lie Ross, and the LattepP || Son, Thomas, EscaflßH| Serious Injury. Ji| 9| CAR COLLIDED I WITH ANOTHfjHBJ Accident Occurred oi| <|Hl Sharp Curve Near NfdHig ton.—Driver of Concfjjfl9S| Car Reported Killed. §1 Mrs. A. H. Jarratt, wife principal of thr- Concord High ScbsMlßH and member of one of Concord's prominent families. was slantly killed shortly before day in an automobile accident at Nam||Hn ton. Nathan White, negro the car. also was probably fatally (uKH in the accident. , : vREj The first news of the fatal came in a telegram from George Clcllnn. Western Giron (Iperatog SHHB Newton, addressed to Miss Virginal 1M Foiiidiee. local Western Union Ogteaß l£j tor. This message said Mrs. JasMjjj| Mg laid been killed and that Mrs, LsjSbHH Leslie Ross and son, Thomas. 'iUfS also were in rite car, were not ously hurt. Mrs. Ross and soil, it also stated, were carried to a Ilickufk hospital. Miss Foushee was asked td gg notify Mr. -Jarratt. ul A few seconds later Mr. Jarett cefved a message from H. C. HtafißfSß of Hickory, who sad Mrs. Jarratt seriously hurt. Relatives underatDjgn, from this message that Mrs. JamHHH was not instantly killed. . a| In his message to Miss UoUfMuSS Mr. McClellan said the car the paafl|H|| was riding in was completely The party left Concord this morn- fll ing for Mont rent, riding in a BkuHHa car. The accident occurred just MBHaB of Newton, relatives have been ed. the Concord ear being struck hMdpHH on by a Huick roadster, first mesaajßMjflß from Newton said. What happened jp to the driver of tiie coupe was nds~,9E stated at that time. H White had been driving for Ross and her sisters. Misses J,ena UWlttmM Betty Leslie, for several months, and .Ml was considered a careful driver. |6 Hj In conversation with a Newton citr JjHi izen. a representative of The TriMHH| and The Times was told that EIMhHi; Jackson, of Newton, was driving imF&H| car which collided with the < car. The Newton citizen stated furthsilJSji that he talked with Mrs. UcSs the accident and that she told hinvjßfbjSll Concord ear was not going faster 35 miles an hour and that it the right side of the road. The it was stated, occurred at a curve one mile below Newton on. Lincolnton road. 9 Relatives here of Mrs. Jarratt kjSjM not attempted to make any plans. ■ Mrs. Jarratt was 40 years of qgs ;aH and Is survived by her husiNy|jß|Hl three children. Miss Frances, HalanjC®' Bruce Jarratt. ami four sisters, os Betty and J.enn I-eslie. Mrs. | and Mrs. W. L. Bell, all of Concojfit ..all Miss Frances Jarratt is now in M|j| rope with the Concord" V tours. will arrive home next week. *9 ■ News of the death of Mrs. Jarratt I spread through Concord rapidly MafHi caused deep sorrow in the deciaaajftJßa wide circle of friends. Mps. .Tnrpatt H|| spent most of her life in Concord fAS j| was actively identified with all phasja 9j| of public life. • I In another telephone e*tP,,Kith 9 Newton at 2 o'clock The Tribune fl advised that the coupe which struck 9 the Leslie sedan was driven by -Jackson, and his home .was gives apS9| Charlotte. I He was rushed to the Hickorjr Ron, 'JB p : tal, it was said, and it was report ed in Newton that he too tvaa- foiMbiM The Associated Press Report of edy. 1 Hickory, Aug. 30—</P>—M|j& 'A. H. Jarratt. of Concord, was alot9p|c3| instantly killed, two other per&s(tflH| were possibly fatally injured qAbar 9| Newton this afternoon when aij jwpJgM tomobile driven by Ellis L. Jackson, -afl of Charlotte and Newton, collided with am tlie sedan of the Concord womtUl. “ I At 1 :45 p. in. hospital attacpen ->K here said that Nathan White, negro M I chauffeur of Mrs. Jarratt, and jta<Sjbri9C son were both still alive. . i hope, however, is held for the negro,’.p® Mrs. T. J-. Ross, also of Concord. S Thomas Ross. 11. and a negro maid jK r were in Hie car with Mrs. .Jarratjt but ’9 [none was seriously hurt. ) Mrs Jarratt was the w : fe of the m principal of the Concord High School and was on her way to Ugig|M^H for several days. j Jackson, who is auditor of Catawba (fl county, was on his way to preparatory to his wedding tomAr- sjj row to Miss India Simpson, of Qa- "9 rium Springs, it was learned Moa this afternoon. He is injured, about ‘M , i the chest and head. 1 f White is said to have big headp® .j crushed. | I I During courtship an ounce of Safi* I tery is worth half a pound of lates. ' J TIIE WEATHER s I Partly cloudy tonight, slightly ooo£i*j er In central and east portions ojlffl 1 ceded by thundershowers Cals- nftW»p4| noon or tonight on the coast, TaUgal day party cloudy. Moderate i«| j and northwest winds.